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Alistair Stewart
Researcher at University of Auckland
Publications - 21
Citations - 10674
Alistair Stewart is an academic researcher from University of Auckland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sudden infant death syndrome & Prospective cohort study. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 20 publications receiving 9962 citations.
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International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC): rationale and methods.
M. I. Asher,U. Keil,H. R. Anderson,Richard Beasley,J. Crane,Fernando D. Martinez,Ed A. Mitchell,Neil Pearce,B. Sibbald,Alistair Stewart,David P. Strachan,Stephan K. Weiland,Hywel C Williams +12 more
TL;DR: The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), was founded to maximize the value of epidemiological research into asthma and allergic disease, by establishing a standardized methodology and facilitating international collaboration.
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The aberrant behavior checklist: A behavior rating scale for the assessment of treatment effects.
TL;DR: The development of a scale to assess drug and other treatment effects on severely mentally retarded individuals was described and the results were compared with empirically derived rating scales of childhood psychopathology and with factor analytic work in the field of mental retardation.
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Worldwide variations in the prevalence of symptoms of atopic eczema in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood.
Hywel C Williams,Colin F. Robertson,Alistair Stewart,Nadia Aït-Khaled,Gabriel Anabwani,Ross Anderson,Innes Asher,Richard Beasley,Bengt Björkstén,Michael Leslie Burr,Tadd Clayton,Julian Crane,Philippa Ellwood,Ulrich Keil,Christopher K C Lai,Javier Mallol,Fernando D. Martinez,Edwin A. Mitchell,Stephen Montefort,Neil Pearce,Jayant Shah,Bonnie Sibbald,David P. Strachan,Erika von Mutius,Stephan K. Weiland +24 more
TL;DR: Symptoms of atopic eczema exhibit wide variations in prevalence both within and between countries inhabited by similar ethnic groups, suggesting that environmental factors may be critical in determining disease expression.
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Worldwide variations in prevalence of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in children: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)
David P. Strachan,Bonnie Sibbald,Stephan K. Weiland,Nadia Aït-Khaled,Gabriel Anabwani,H. Ross Anderson,M. Innes Asher,Richard Beasley,Bengt Björkstén,Michael Leslie Burr,Tadd Clayton,Julian Crane,Philippa Ellwood,Ulrich Keil,Christopher K C Lai,Javier Mallol,Fernando D. Martinez,Fernando D. Martinez,Edwin A. Mitchell,Stephen Montefort,Neil Pearce,Colin F. Robertson,Jayant Shah,Alistair Stewart,Erika von Mutius,Hywel C Williams +25 more
TL;DR: Prevalence surveys were conducted among representative samples of school children from locations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, North and South America to study the prevalence of asthma and allergies in Childhood.
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Is eczema really on the increase worldwide
TL;DR: The epidemic of eczema seems to be leveling or decreasing in some countries with previously high prevalence rates, with many formerly low-prevalence developing countries experiencing substantial increases, especially in the younger age group.